The Lady Warriors (25-4-1) will face Monroe Area, which defeated Franklin County 3-0 on Thursday, at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

In other tournament games Thursday, Elbert County bested Apalachee 4-2 and Stephens Country topped Franklin County 5-0.

Stephens County and Elbert County will face off at 1 p.m. Saturday, with the tournament finals set for 5 p.m.

Oconee County's Liz Thomas teamed up with her sister Alana to limit the Lady Blue Devils to two hits while striking out eight.

Liz, who pitched the first three innings, also had three hits and three RBIs.

Brittanae Casper added two hits for the Lady Warriors, as did Lacy Carter and Haley Bird.

Oconee County, Monroe Area, Stephens County and Franklin County have all qualified for the North AAA Sectionals, which will be held next week in Cartersville.

 NORTH OCONEE 2, OGLETHORPE COUNTY 0: At Madison, Ansley Highfill drove in pinch runners Rachel Mobley and Natalie Wages in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie as the Lady Titans reached the winners' bracket finals of the Region 7-AA tournament at Morgan County High School.

Ali Watson got the complete-game win, allowing two hits, striking out 10 and improving her record to 8-6.

Linsey Dallas paced North Oconee with two hits.

North Oconee, which also qualified for the North AA Sectionals next week in Rome, improved to 19-10 on the season and will face the winner of Morgan County-Westside at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

 JEFFERSON 9, COMMERCE 5: At Jefferson, the Lady Dragons earned the No. 1 seed in the next week's sectionals in Hampton with a Region 8-A tournament victory over Commerce, which will be the No. 2 seed.

Hebron Christian and Social Circle also earned spots in the sectionals, which will be held at Lovejoy Regional Park in Henry County.

Commerce was led by Lisa Minish, who went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run.

Volleyball

 CEDAR SHOALS WINS OPENER: At Cedar Shoals, the Lady Jaguars had little trouble getting past visiting Jackson County in the first round of the Area 8-AAAA tournament, dispatching the Lady Panthers 25-5, 25-12.

The Lady Jaguars, who will return to second-round action at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday at home, were led by Nora Sims (nine kills, two aces), Hannah Teague (16 assists) and Stephanie Tetter (five aces, 12 service points).

 ACADEMY SPLITS A PAIR: At Athens Academy, the Lady Spartans - ranked sixth in Class AA/A - earned a victory over Oconee County before falling in two games to Decatur, ranked fifth in Class AA/A.